Communication Studies

Department of Communication Studies News

The latest faculty, staff, and student news for the Department of Communication Studies. For College news and upcoming events, visit the News & Events section.

Students connect with NYC alumni

More than 50 undergraduates trekked to the Big Apple on March 15 for the annual New York Connection trip, which provided opportunities for current students to meet alumni who share their career paths.
Communication in the big data age

Executives of successful start-ups discuss what today's students should know in the age of big data.
Radio minor available for students this fall

A new interdisciplinary Radio minor is being offered in the fall 2012 semester through the School of Communication, and is now open for enrollment.
Romney press secretary visits Emerson

Rick Gorka, the former press secretary for Republican Mitt Romney during his recent presidential campaign, stopped by an Emerson class Thursday, February 21, in one of his first public speaking appearances since he quit the campaign after a media firestorm last summer.
Diplomat-in-training shares experience

Kerry Velez ’12 is pursuing her calling to work as a foreign diplomat after a 10-week internship at the U.S. Embassy in Australia last summer.
Kimball weighs in on politics on NPR, interim senate pick on NECN

Communication Studies Scholar-in-Residence and Republican strategist Spencer Kimball spoke to NPR about how changing demographics in the U.S. will affect future elections.
Engagement Game Lab featured on Salem Patch

Emerson’s Engagement Game Lab, headed up by VMA Assistant Professor Eric Gordon, launches "What's the Point?" on January 28.
Srinivas featured in the Arlington Advocate for research fellowship

Associate Professor of Communication Studies Tulasi Srinivas talks to the Arlington Advocate about her research fellowship to study how Hindu priests adapt to globalization.